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The museum offers a collection of railroad artifacts, photographs, and documents related to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, the 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that operated in Nevada and Placer Counties from 1876 until 1942. Exhibits include Engine 5, which appeared in many movies, and various pieces of restored rolling stock.
The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Company incorporated on April 4, 1874, [2] and was headquartered in Grass Valley, California. After two years of construction, passenger and commercial rail services began in 1876 and continued until 1943. The 22.53 mi (36.26 km) line ran from Colfax, north through Grass Valley to Nevada City.
Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States.As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 12,860.Situated at roughly 2,500 feet (760 m) in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is 57 miles (92 km) by car from Sacramento and 88 miles (142 km) west of Reno.
English: This is a locator map showing Nevada County in California. For more information, ... Grass Valley, California; Grass Valley Public Library; Hacketville ...
12075 Old Auburn Rd., Grass Valley, Nevada County, California. / 39.19417°N 121.07639°W / 39.19417; -121.07639. North Star House (alternate: Foote Mansion) is a house located roughly a mile south of Grass Valley, Nevada County, northern California. The building served as the superintendent's house for the North Star Mine.
Nevada County, California, U.S. Topo map. USGS Chicago Park. Banner Mountain (also Banner Hill) [2] is in Nevada County near Nevada City in the U.S. state of California. Located on a ridge, its summit is at 3,902 feet (1,189 m). The headwaters of Wolf Creek originate on Banner Mountain; the creek's watershed has been heavily mined.
Location of Nevada County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy, originally the Sacred Heart Convent and Holy Angels Orphanage and previously Mount St. Mary's Convent and Orphan Asylum, and also known as Mount Saint Mary's Academy and Convent, is the only extant original orphanage in California and commemorates the Sisters of Mercy, in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California.